Bibliographic Description MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Bibliographic Description - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani 

Key Points

• The Union Minster of Human Resource Development  Smriti Zubin Irani launched an ISBN registration portal in New Delhi in 2016.
• The Minister mentioned the quick creation of the ISBN portal to aid publishers and authors in online registration. This automated system aims to deliver efficient services within a set timeframe.
• Amish Tripathi, renowned author said" ISBN gives an identity to a book. If you do not have it, the bookshops will not sell it.”

Additional Information

• The Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN, part of the Book Promotion and Copyright Division under the Department of Higher Education, coordinated the ISBN portal launch event.
• ISBN or sometimes pronounced as 'Is-ben' is an acronym for International Standard Book Number.
• It is given to every book or edition of a book before publication to identify the publisher, the edition and volume number.
• It is a unique machine-readable identification number defined in ISO Standard 2108.
• Initially, it contained 10 digits. The 13-digit ISBN was introduced in the fourth edition of ISO standard 2108, of May 2005, to be in use for all new ISBNs from 1st January 2007.

• Example:

   

The correct answer is "Without Place".

Key Points

• Library Catalog-
  • A library Catalog is "a list of documents of a particular library or group of libraries arranged according to systematic or logical order providing bibliographical information along with a location mark for easy identification and quick access.
  • These are done with the card catalog which contains bibliographic information about the book and serves as a retrieval tool for accessing resources in the Libraries
  • In India, The Classified Catalogue Code (CCC) was formulated by S. R. Ranganathan in 1934.
• Cataloging Terms-
  • [s.l.] = Sine Loco = The Place of publication is unknown. 
  • [s.n] = Sine nominee = Without a name
  • [n.d] = no date

The correct answer is To enclose information taken from outside.

Key PointsSome punctuation marks necessary for NBM have been are:

Square Brackets [ ]

• Enclose information taken from outside the prescribed source or sources.
• Enclose the general material designation.

Parentheses ( )

• Enclose physical details of the accompanying material.
• Enclose the number of logical records after the designation for a data file; the number of statements and the name of the programming language the designation for a program file; the number of logical records, or statements in each file after the designation for a multipart file; or the name, number, etc. mentioned after the designation for an object program.
• Enclose the number of frames of microforms a filmstrip and the speed of a film or recording.

Plus Sign +

• Precedes a statement of accompanying material.
• It is used to indicate the Northern Hemisphere when giving the declination of the center of a celestial chart.

Additional Information

Punctuation Marks:

• One of the significant features of the ISBD is a set of prescribed punctuation.
• The prescribed punctuation mark precedes each element in the description and signifies the nature of that element.
• The prescribed punctuation marks are used as a device of recognition for both machine and human manipulation of bibliographic records.

The correct answer is  option 4 i.e. (a - III), (b - IV), (c - I), (d - II)

Key Points

Expansive Classification:

• The Expansive Classification scheme was devised by C.A Cutter ( Charles Ammi Cutter.)
• It was devised in the year 1891.

Bibliographic Classification :

• Bibliographic Classification devised by Henry Evelyn Bliss.
• Published in 1935.
• Its First edition is Almost-Faceted Classification.

Subject classification:

• It is published by J.D Brown. (James Duff Brown)
• It is devised in the year 1906.
• It is an Almost-Enumerative Classification Scheme.

Universal Decimal Classification:

• The UDC was developed in 1895 by Paul Otlet and Henri Fontaine.
• It is an Almost-faceted scheme.

The correct answer is "loc.cit".

Key Points    

• Loc. cit. is a short form of the Latin word 'loco citato', which means "in the place cited".
• Loc. cit. is used as a footnote or endnote to repeat a previously cited work's title and page number. Therefore, it is never followed by page numbers.

Additional Information

• When someone sequentially uses a list of articles or books' to write, a particular article or book is known as Bibliography.
• Ibid is a short form of the Latin word 'ibidem', which means “in the same place”.
• When someone references the same sources that have been just mentioned on different pages then 'Ibid' is used with a comma and new page numbers.
• Op. cit. is a short form of the Latin words 'opus citatum or opere citato', which means "the work cited" or "in the cited work", respectively.
• When someone has previously mentioned the author's work, it is used with the author's last name and page number to denote a reference to a position previously cited.

The correct answer is "loc.cit".

Key Points    

• Loc. cit. is a short form of the Latin word 'loco citato', which means "in the place cited".
• Loc. cit. is used as a footnote or endnote to repeat a previously cited work's title and page number. Therefore, it is never followed by page numbers.

Additional Information

• When someone sequentially uses a list of articles or books' to write, a particular article or book is known as Bibliography.
• Ibid is a short form of the Latin word 'ibidem', which means “in the same place”.
• When someone references the same sources that have been just mentioned on different pages then 'Ibid' is used with a comma and new page numbers.
• Op. cit. is a short form of the Latin words 'opus citatum or opere citato', which means "the work cited" or "in the cited work", respectively.
• When someone has previously mentioned the author's work, it is used with the author's last name and page number to denote a reference to a position previously cited.

The correct answer is "Monthly".

Additional Information

• Index Medicus-
  • It is a bibliographic database for medical information.
  • Its publication began in 1879 and continued monthly through 1926.
  • Index Medicus was begun by John Shaw Billings, head of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army.
  • The function of Index Medicus is to give people around the world access to quality medical journal literature.
  • Its printed version stopped publication in December 2004 and is no more available in printed form.
  • It is a now curated subset of MEDLINE.

Important Points

•  Bibliography-​
  • A bibliography is a systematically produced descriptive list of records.
  • The chief function of a bibliography is to help the users in locating the required information sources in the fastest possible manner.
  • Conrad Gesner is described as the 'Father of modern Bibliography'.

The correct answer is  option 4 i.e. (a - III), (b - IV), (c - I), (d - II)

Key Points

Expansive Classification:

• The Expansive Classification scheme was devised by C.A Cutter ( Charles Ammi Cutter.)
• It was devised in the year 1891.

Bibliographic Classification :

• Bibliographic Classification devised by Henry Evelyn Bliss.
• Published in 1935.
• Its First edition is Almost-Faceted Classification.

Subject classification:

• It is published by J.D Brown. (James Duff Brown)
• It is devised in the year 1906.
• It is an Almost-Enumerative Classification Scheme.

Universal Decimal Classification:

• The UDC was developed in 1895 by Paul Otlet and Henri Fontaine.
• It is an Almost-faceted scheme.

The correct answer is Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani 

Key Points

• The Union Minster of Human Resource Development  Smriti Zubin Irani launched an ISBN registration portal in New Delhi in 2016.
• The Minister mentioned the quick creation of the ISBN portal to aid publishers and authors in online registration. This automated system aims to deliver efficient services within a set timeframe.
• Amish Tripathi, renowned author said" ISBN gives an identity to a book. If you do not have it, the bookshops will not sell it.”

Additional Information

• The Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN, part of the Book Promotion and Copyright Division under the Department of Higher Education, coordinated the ISBN portal launch event.
• ISBN or sometimes pronounced as 'Is-ben' is an acronym for International Standard Book Number.
• It is given to every book or edition of a book before publication to identify the publisher, the edition and volume number.
• It is a unique machine-readable identification number defined in ISO Standard 2108.
• Initially, it contained 10 digits. The 13-digit ISBN was introduced in the fourth edition of ISO standard 2108, of May 2005, to be in use for all new ISBNs from 1st January 2007.

• Example:

   

The correct answer is To enclose information taken from outside.

Key PointsSome punctuation marks necessary for NBM have been are:

Square Brackets [ ]

• Enclose information taken from outside the prescribed source or sources.
• Enclose the general material designation.

Parentheses ( )

• Enclose physical details of the accompanying material.
• Enclose the number of logical records after the designation for a data file; the number of statements and the name of the programming language the designation for a program file; the number of logical records, or statements in each file after the designation for a multipart file; or the name, number, etc. mentioned after the designation for an object program.
• Enclose the number of frames of microforms a filmstrip and the speed of a film or recording.

Plus Sign +

• Precedes a statement of accompanying material.
• It is used to indicate the Northern Hemisphere when giving the declination of the center of a celestial chart.

Additional Information

Punctuation Marks:

• One of the significant features of the ISBD is a set of prescribed punctuation.
• The prescribed punctuation mark precedes each element in the description and signifies the nature of that element.
• The prescribed punctuation marks are used as a device of recognition for both machine and human manipulation of bibliographic records.

The correct answer is Link Digit:

Key Points

• ISBN:
  • ​ISBN means International Standard Book Number. ISBNs give a unique identifier to every edition of a book published (and also to many book-like products, including e-books).
  • There are five groups of numbers in 13-digit ISBN, whereas the 10-digit ISBN had four groups.
    • Prefix element: The first, leftmost element, of an ISBN, apart from the designator "ISBN-13:", is the prefix element. It is always three characters long.
    • Registration group element: The registration group element is the second section of a 13-digit ISBN and refers to the country, geographical area, or language area of the book. 
    • Registrant element: The registrant element is the third section of a 13-digit ISBN and refers to the publisher or imprint issued that identifier within the registration group. It is the same as the publisher identifier in a 10-digit ISBN.
    • Publication element: The publication element is the fourth element of a 13-digit ISBN and refers to the specific publication by that registrant within that registration group. It is the same as the title identifier in a 10-digit ISBN.
    • Check digit: The check digit completes the 13-digit ISBN and performs the same function as the check digit in a 10-digit ISBN, and is calculated in a similar way, with some major detail differences.

Additional Information

• The ISBN is ten digits long if assigned before 2007, and thirteen digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007.
• The initial ISBN identification format was devised in 1967, based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) created in 1966.
• The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the ISO and was published in 1970 as the international standard ISO 2108.
• In India – The Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for  ISBN provides ISBN.
• David Whittakar is regarded as the father of ISBN.

The correct answer is "Without Place".

Key Points

• Library Catalog-
  • A library Catalog is "a list of documents of a particular library or group of libraries arranged according to systematic or logical order providing bibliographical information along with a location mark for easy identification and quick access.
  • These are done with the card catalog which contains bibliographic information about the book and serves as a retrieval tool for accessing resources in the Libraries
  • In India, The Classified Catalogue Code (CCC) was formulated by S. R. Ranganathan in 1934.
• Cataloging Terms-
  • [s.l.] = Sine Loco = The Place of publication is unknown. 
  • [s.n] = Sine nominee = Without a name
  • [n.d] = no date